Attorney sees hope for Guam in American Samoa status case

10:35 AM,
Feb. 6, 2014

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A former Guam resident and attorney who is trying to get equal rights and representation for Guam and other U.S. territories this week said a federal court in Washington, D.C., issued a favorable ruling in the effort.

Neil Weare, president of the "We the People Project," last year filed a lawsuit in the federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of a man in American Samoa, where residents are considered U.S. nationals, but unlike Guam residents, are not U.S. citizens. According to Weare, American Samoa's status is much like Guam's status before the Organic Act.